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Old 03-27-2017, 04:17 AM   #11641
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Old 03-31-2017, 10:11 AM   #11642
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The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, will be launched in October 2018; and if all goes well, will help work out some of the hardest current questions about the nature of the universe.
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Old 03-31-2017, 10:28 AM   #11643
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That's cool.
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Old 03-31-2017, 11:29 AM   #11644
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...some of the hardest current questions about the nature of the universe.
Those answers and explanations will only lead to more questions about the nature of the universe.
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Old 03-31-2017, 11:40 AM   #11645
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Really really cool! I was listening to that guy Lawrence Krauss on it

They want to study exploding stars (supernovas) to work out the nature of the universe.

There's one exploding star every 100 years PER GALAXY.

So how do you find an exploding star? Because the universe is very big and old, if you hold up a dime, and extend your arm out, and aim it up into the sky, that dime's worth of area will contain like 3 exploding stars.
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Old 03-31-2017, 11:50 AM   #11646
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if you hold up a dime, and extend your arm out, and aim it up into the sky, that dime's worth of area will contain like 3 exploding stars.
In that instant of time? In a day? A year? A century?

I think it's really really cool as well, but it's something that we'll see in a couple years. So doesn't have that immediacy for me.

I'm going camping this weekend with the troop. The rain is supposed to be tapering off just as we get there, and Saturday looks acceptable in terms of weather.
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Old 03-31-2017, 12:05 PM   #11647
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oh uh yeah i dunno, i figured it was just how many are in the process, i dunno how long it takes them to explode
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Old 03-31-2017, 12:06 PM   #11648
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Oh, yeah. Good point. They probably take a while to explode.
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Old 03-31-2017, 05:17 PM   #11649
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Most supernova take a fraction of a second up to a couple seconds to explode. What we observe as the actual supernova is the light and energy that come out of that explosion. Typical supernova get brighter during the first 3 weeks or so after that very fast explosion.
http://askanastronomer.org/stars/201...ploding-stars/
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Old 03-31-2017, 05:23 PM   #11650
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The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, will be launched in October 2018; and if all goes well, will help work out some of the hardest current questions about the nature of the universe.
Yes, the star of stars, but note the only answer.
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Old 04-01-2017, 04:05 PM   #11651
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Old 04-01-2017, 10:05 PM   #11652
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Old 04-01-2017, 10:54 PM   #11653
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head
hed - noun
the upper part of the human
a thing having the appearance of a head either in form or in relation to a whole
the front, forward, or upper part or end of something

adjective
chief; principal. "the head waiter"

verb
be in the leading position on
give a title or caption to.
Be in charge of.
move in a specified direction.
shoot or pass (the ball) with the head.
lop off the upper part or branches of (a plant or tree).
of a lettuce or cabbage, form a head.

Getting pleasure by licking, sucking your penis

Military term for toilet.

Feed your head
an exhortation to use drugs.
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Old 04-02-2017, 01:05 AM   #11654
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:47 PM   #11655
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I read that last night, and woke up today singing it.

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